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this species in the city in such numbers; the notable increase 
may be due in large part to the influence of bird protection prop- 
aganda which has been spread broadcast. 
16. Purple Finch. Carpodacus p. pur pur eus Small 
flocks containing both males and females have been observed all 
winter just west of town by Dr. R. W. Chaney. They were 
often to be seen with the goldfinches which frequented that local- 
ity. 
17. Harris’s Sparrow. Zonotrichia querula (Nutt.). An 
adult male in winter plumage was taken at Iowa City, November 
11, 1919, by Russell Hendee. This species seems to be a rather 
rare and irregular spring and fall migrant in this part of the 
state. 
18. Cardinal. Cardinalis c. cardinalis (Linn.). During the 
autumn of 1919 this species seemed less common than usual about 
Iowa City and the writer heard it but once between September 1 
and October 17. However, during the past winter the birds 
have been plentiful enough and on a six hour field trip in late 
December ten individuals were seen. 
19. Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Zamelodia ludoviciana (Linn.). 
At Iowa City the first arrivals in the spring of 1919 were noted 
on May 2, an unusually early seasonal record. Ordinarily they 
arrive from three to six days later. 
20. Bohemian Waxwing. Bomby cilia garrula (Linn.). One 
specimen, a female, was taken from a flock of four individuals 
seen at Brooklyn, Iowa, February 21, 1920. The specimen is 
now in the University collection. This species is very erratic in 
its appearance and irregular in its distribution. While it has been 
reported in most sections of Iowa these records have been mostly 
from the northern part of the state. 
21. Cedar Waxwing. Bomby cilia cedrorum Vieill. A flock 
of about twenty individuals was observed on North Capitol street 
just north of the University campus on March 9, 1920, by Mrs. 
C. B. Wilson. This form is also somewhat irregular in its ap- 
pearance but at least a few are seen here every spring and fall. 
22. Myrtle Warbler. Dendroica coronata (Linn.). At 8:00 
A.M. on May 2, 1919, the writer, while walking along the banks 
of Iowa river west of the City Park at Iowa City, noticed a con- 
siderable number of myrtle warblers busily pecking in the sand 
under a large elm tree; this group was joined from time to time 
by other individuals. At the beginning of the observation the 
